A RECENT survey of the planet’s surface performed by NASA has found that almost half of the Earth is now entirely covered by some 23,000,000 Facebook data centres, raising fears it may be totally consumed by 2070 if legislation is not introduced to curb the phenomenon. The survey found that a total of 92,543,000 mi²… Read more »
GOING against all expert advice on how to construct your LinkedIn page, one Dublin ‘thought leader’ has used their profile summary to state the 18 different ways in which they are an ‘expert creative strategic thinker’ with the aid of an online thesaurus. Gavin Hemmings is believed to belong to the small group of professionals… Read more »
LIMERICK entrepreneurs the Collison brothers are today dealing with an avalanche of requests from the entire country for ‘a few quid’, after becoming the youngest billionaires in ireland. Patrick and John Collison, said to be ‘doing well for themselves at computers or something’, saw the valuation of their company Stripe rise to 9bn dollars following a… Read more »
LONDON city police have confirmed today that they had to “move on” Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales this morning after he was found to be begging on the side of the street. The 50-year-old entrepreneur was given a verbal warning by the police, who told him he was “making the place look bad”, and that he should… Read more »
A LAID BACK and fun to work for Dublin business is forcing its employees to have fun with a mandatory Fancy Dress Friday in honour of Halloween. Maintaining a chilled out work atmosphere in an effortless manner, several employees with pending deadlines have been forced to wear costumes in a bid to pretend to have… Read more »
THE final pieces of one of Ireland’s great city planning puzzles are almost in place as Dublin’s docklands area grows ever closer to becoming the soulless corporate black hole that it was always meant to be. A million square foot development, dubbed ‘Dublin Landings’, will help the docklands make the final transition from somewhat bearable… Read more »
A DUBLIN based office worker has spent the majority of the day being referred to as a ‘girl’, marking the 3127th day in a row in her adult life this has happened. 26-year-old Shauna Higgins had thought nothing of it initially, but after some 8 years later, it is starting to become bothersome. Shauna, fed… Read more »
THE personal details of dozens of people were leaked online in what is being described as the worst hack in the history of the search engine Yahoo, WWN can confirm. Details of the 2014 hack emerged earlier this week, but are only becoming widespread knowledge today due to the fact that only 200, maybe 300… Read more »
IRISH billionaire and media magnate Denis O’Brien has further consolidated his grip on the Irish media after purchasing a leading publication, the Ballyhibbert Parish Newsletter, for €4 million. The newsletter’s editorial direction will remain unchanged for the 2-page parish publication according to inside sources, and backers of a free and balanced press had their fears… Read more »
